tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407988.post112990288298984280..comments2023-08-05T21:48:58.831-04:00Comments on Philochristos: Conversations with God, part 3Sam Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884738370893218595noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407988.post-1130389762010436612005-10-27T01:09:00.000-04:002005-10-27T01:09:00.000-04:00Steve,Even if we accept the interpretations you're...Steve,<BR/><BR/>Even if we accept the interpretations you're offering, it still doesn't make Christianity anti-sex. Not even non-Christians would advocate unbridled sex with any and everybody. Just about everybody agrees that you shouldn't have sex with another person's spouse, but that doesn't mean everybody is anti-sex. The difference between Christians and everybody else, then, is just a matter of degree.<BR/><BR/>But there's good reason to dispute these interpretations. Regarding "lust for your wife," it's impossible to commit adultery with your own wife by any means, because adultery, by definition, involves having sex with somebody else's spouce, or being married and having sex with somebody other than your spouce.<BR/><BR/>Besides that, the interpretations you offer come into conflict with passages like Proverbs 5 where it says rather than embracing the bosom of a loose woman, you should "rejoice in the wife of your youth," and he says, "may her breasts satisfy you always" (Prov 5:18-19) Clearly, then, sex can't be solely for procreation. It is to be enjoyed. Also, Paul, in 1 Corinthians 7:1-5 says that husbands and wives should have sex with each other, basically to safisfy their sexual desires, which protects them from the temptation to get satisfaction elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>Christianity isn't anti-sex. It just advocates that sex should be confined to marriage.Sam Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884738370893218595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407988.post-1130363718085654222005-10-26T17:55:00.000-04:002005-10-26T17:55:00.000-04:00Well, like a lot of these popular books that rail ...Well, like a lot of these popular books that rail against Christianity, there are a lot of caricatures and straw men. Christianity being "anti-sex" is just one of them.<BR/><BR/>ab truth, you're welcome to quote me. I haven't heard of Gene Edwards' book.Sam Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884738370893218595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407988.post-1130359114954538852005-10-26T16:38:00.000-04:002005-10-26T16:38:00.000-04:00Walsh asks why sex is immoral? Odd, because I thou...Walsh asks why sex is immoral? Odd, because I thought only extramarital sex was immoral.daleliophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533665826521400068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407988.post-1130328623350398772005-10-26T08:10:00.000-04:002005-10-26T08:10:00.000-04:00loved your work on CWG. would like to see you have...loved your work on CWG. would like to see you have a go at gene edwards divine romance and 100days on a secret place. am going to quote you on a small blog in australia if i may.Ab Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169685749019555083noreply@blogger.com